EPEIROGENIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. EPEIROGENIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPEIROGENIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPEIROGENIC is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPEIROGENIC
No single letter turns EPEIROGENIC into another word.
How EPEIROGENIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in EPEIROGENIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPEIROGENIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EPEIROGENIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the slow, broad uplift or sinking of large areas of the earth's crust.
Geologists use epeirogenic for movements that raise or lower whole continents gently, without the folding and breaking that build mountain chains. The process is called epeirogeny.
How EPEIROGENIC is used
Epeirogenic is a specialist term in geology.
- Epeirogenic uplift raised the plateau over millions of years.
- The coast shows signs of epeirogenic movement.
- The textbook contrasts epeirogenic and mountain-building forces.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPEIROGENIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EPEIROGENIC
1 longer words begin with EPEIROGENIC.
Shorter words from the letters in EPEIROGENIC
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Common questions about EPEIROGENIC
- Is EPEIROGENIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPEIROGENIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPEIROGENIC worth?
- EPEIROGENIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPEIROGENIC mean?
- Relating to the slow, broad uplift or sinking of large areas of the earth's crust.
- What letters can be added to EPEIROGENIC?
- No single letter can be added to EPEIROGENIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of EPEIROGENIC:
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